Effect of interatomic repulsion on Majorana zero modes in a coupled quantum-dot-superconducting-nanowire hybrid system

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Main Authors: Perez, R. Kenyi Takagui, Aligia, A. A.
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author Perez, R. Kenyi Takagui
Aligia, A. A.
author_facet Perez, R. Kenyi Takagui
Aligia, A. A.
contents We study the low-energy eigenstates of a topological superconductor wire modeled by a Kitaev chain, which is connected at one of its ends to a quantum dot through nearest-neighbor (NN) hopping and NN Coulomb repulsion. Using an unrestricted Hartree-Fock approximation to decouple the Coulomb term, we obtain that the quality of the Majorana end states is seriously affected by this term only when the dependence of the low-lying energies with the energy of the quantum dot shows a "diamond" shape, characteristic of short wires. We discuss limitations of the simplest effective models to describe the physics. We expect the same behavior in more realistic models for topological superconducting wires.
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spellingShingle Effect of interatomic repulsion on Majorana zero modes in a coupled quantum-dot-superconducting-nanowire hybrid system
Perez, R. Kenyi Takagui
Aligia, A. A.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
We study the low-energy eigenstates of a topological superconductor wire modeled by a Kitaev chain, which is connected at one of its ends to a quantum dot through nearest-neighbor (NN) hopping and NN Coulomb repulsion. Using an unrestricted Hartree-Fock approximation to decouple the Coulomb term, we obtain that the quality of the Majorana end states is seriously affected by this term only when the dependence of the low-lying energies with the energy of the quantum dot shows a "diamond" shape, characteristic of short wires. We discuss limitations of the simplest effective models to describe the physics. We expect the same behavior in more realistic models for topological superconducting wires.
title Effect of interatomic repulsion on Majorana zero modes in a coupled quantum-dot-superconducting-nanowire hybrid system
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10888